Daniel Holterhaus

• Designed, developed, and launched a mobile travel app for Outer Banks, NC using Ionic React, Firebase, and Capacitor.
• Led technical decisions for frontend, backend, and deployment across iOS, Android, and web.
• Defined app requirements, UX/UI, and content strategy with stakeholders (East Carolina Radio).
• Built key features such as live radio streaming, weather forecasts, and location-based recommendations.
• Managed development lifecycle, ensuring business alignment and a seamless user experience.
• Delivered exceptional customer service by addressing client concerns promptly and effectively resolving issues.

• Collaborated on ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) tasks, maintaining data integrity and verifying pipeline stability.
• Developed a React.js-based data visualization dashboard for CJADC2, enabling U.S. Army commanders to monitor battlefield intelligence in real-time.
• Managed containerized deployments using Docker and Kubernetes, optimizing resource utilization across AWS GovCloud and on-premise DoD environments.
• Integrated geospatial data and live military sensor feeds into the front-end using Mapbox, Leaflet.js, and WebSockets.
• Ensured data security and compliance with DoD cybersecurity standards (CMMC, RMF, NIST 800-171), safeguarding sensitive military intelligence.

• Designed and implemented training software solutions using JS Frameworks, Java, and Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Developed scalable applications using Agile methodologies, ensuring timely project delivery and efficient development cycles.
• Maintained comprehensive documentation of development work, facilitating knowledge sharing and enhancing team collaboration.

• Developed and managed project roadmaps, defining objectives, timelines, and risk mitigation plans to ensure successful execution under tight government deadlines.
• Led the Joint After Action Review (JAAR) project, overseeing the entire software development lifecycle for a mission-critical U.S. Navy system to enhance operational readiness.
• Managed cross-functional teams of developers, analysts, and military stakeholders, ensuring alignment with DoD acquisition and cybersecurity standards.
• Directed software architecture decisions, optimizing cloud-based and on-premise solutions to enhance system reliability and reduce costs.
• Ensured compliance with DoD security frameworks (STIGs, RMF, DIACAP), deploying secure, scalable, high-availability software solutions.
• Implemented Agile methodologies, improving release efficiency and reducing technical debt.
• Led process improvements, reducing review cycles by 30% and enhancing system usability based on end-user feedback.
• Managed a multi-million-dollar budget, ensuring cost-effective resource allocation and on-time project delivery.
• Facilitated training sessions and developed user documentation, ensuring successful system adoption by military personnel.

• Led development and strategy across two simultaneous projects, effectively multi-tasking deliverables while maintaining direct control of development paths.
• Resolved technical roadblocks through collaborative problem-solving with stakeholders.
• Optimized development workflows, expediting project completion and enhancing final product quality.
• Coordinated teams and milestones alongside engineering leadership, ensuring efficient project execution.
• Integrated critical data collection and debrief features into finished products through cross-functional collaboration.
• Mentored junior software engineers, guiding development strategies and DevOps best practices.
• Reviewed architecture, implementation, and deployment plans, ensuring alignment with project requirements and cost efficiency.
• Engaged directly with U.S. Navy stakeholders, incorporating real-time feedback into active development cycles.

• Designed and implemented highly innovative Point of Sale (POS) solutions, using JS Frameworks, C#, C++, and Visual Basic 6.
• Led sprint reviews, daily scrums, and planning meetings to ensure full team engagement and Agile best practices.
• Built, tested, and deployed scalable, highly available, and modular software products.
• Tested troubleshooting methods, devised innovative solutions, and documented resolutions for inclusion in the knowledge base for support team use.
• Revised, modularized, and updated old code bases to modern development standards, reducing operating costs and improving functionality.
• Implemented continuous improvement initiatives through regular retrospective meetings, fostering team collaboration and process optimization.

• Designed and implemented a software platform to provision IoT devices with platform- specific measures, using C and C++.
• Performed all testing and troubleshooting methods and documented resolutions in the system.
• Wrote maintainable and extensible code in a team environment.
• Rapidly prototyped new capabilities to confirm feasibility.
• Maintained code-related documentation to ensure knowledge sharing and future scalability.

• Provided technical consulting and software solutions for financial systems used by the Comptroller of the Joint Staff, ensuring compliance with DoD financial regulations and audit requirements.
• Analyzed legacy financial systems and recommended modernization strategies to improve efficiency, data integrity, and security.
• Developed and Maintained a Web-Based Financial Software-Suite using Java and AngularJS.
• Led process improvement initiatives, reducing financial reporting errors by 30% through automation and system enhancements.
• Provided training and technical support to Comptroller staff, ensuring seamless adoption of new tools and workflows.
• Identified and mitigated risks in financial systems, enhancing overall compliance with DoD financial policies and audit readiness.
• Successfully improved financial data accuracy and audit readiness, supporting multibillion- dollar budget allocations for the Joint Staff.

• Developed real-time processing for mission critical systems using C and C++.
• Prototyped digital-to-synchro conversion software.
• Developed real-time processing for mission critical systems
• Performed technical research.
• Scheduled design milestones and internal testing.
• Performed tests to ascertain latency, I/O, accuracy, voltage and current thresholds, and other operating milestones
• Collaborated with software and hardware engineers tasked to different sensors and systems.
• Interfaced with government customers to identify, define, and track system requirements.
• Used Electrical Engineering techniques such as CAD drawing and PLC programming when assisting with the development of a system retrofit

• Enhanced a Graphical User Interface used to annotate National Imagery Transmission Format (NITF) images to meet customer specifications.
• Developed and tested media applications
• Completed tasks in Agile management setting
• Worked with other developers to identify and remove software bugs.

• Administered Enterprise level Networks and Systems.

• Minor in Computer Science
• Applied for and was awarded $5,000 in funding for the CAPSTONE senior design project.
• Built and Co-Lead a team of 12 student engineers from Mechanical, Electrical, and Computer Engineering backgrounds
• In three semesters, had enough built to apply for competition
• Created control processes in hopes of perpetuating the above effort. The team is still going strong today.

Accounting and Economics Courses, Business Statistics, Business Administration, High Level Mathematics